Hershkind House

Hershkind House
Hershkind House, January 2013
Hershkind House is located in New York
Hershkind House
Location within New York
Hershkind House is located in the United States
Hershkind House
Location within the United States
Location30 Hooker Ave., Poughkeepsie, New York
Coordinates41°41′51″N 73°55′26″W / 41.69750°N 73.92389°W / 41.69750; -73.92389
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1885
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake, Swiss
MPSPoughkeepsie MRA
NRHP reference No.82001144 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 26, 1982

Hershkind House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1885 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay-wide Swiss chalet–style dwelling with a steeply pitched roof. It features a three-sided bay with a four-sided conical roof with V-shaped cutouts. It also has board-and-batten and clapboard siding, pierced balcony railings, and a stick style porch.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ Towney McElhiney Sharp (August 1980). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Hershkind House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 29, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)